Source: Prominent Trump Supporters Back Rick Scott for Senate Leader | Newsmax.com
Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s most prominent supporters are backing Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., to be the next U.S. Senate majority leader.
Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tucker Carlson, and Vivek Ramaswamy all called for Scott to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as GOP leader in the new Congress.
In Tuesday’s elections, Republicans won control of the upper chamber. McConnell, who will remain in the Senate, announced in February that he will step down as leader.
Scott is competing against Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the race for majority leader. Senate GOP members are scheduled to hold a secret-ballot vote on Wednesday to decide the winner.
Thune and Cornyn previously have clashed with Trump, though they are pledging to work closely with him if elected leader.
Many of Trump’s supporters are not buying the two senators’ promises.
“Rick Scott for Senate Majority Leader!” Musk posted Sunday on X while reposting Scott’s pledge to “do whatever it takes” to get Trump’s nominations through the Senate “as quickly as possible” by allowing the president-elect to make recess appointments.
That followed Trump saying the next Senate GOP leader “must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner.”
On Saturday, Carlson took to X to say, “McConnell engineers a coup against his [Trump’s] agenda by calling early leadership elections in the senate. Two of the three candidates hate Trump and what he ran on.”
Carlson added that “Scott of Florida is the only candidate who agrees with Donald Trump. Call your senator and demand a public endorsement of Rick Scott. Don’t let McConnell get away with it again.”
当选总统唐纳德·特朗普的几位最知名的支持者都支持佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特成为下一任美国参议院多数党领袖。 埃隆·马斯克、小罗伯特·肯尼迪、塔克·卡尔森和维韦克·拉马斯瓦米都呼吁斯科特取代肯塔基州共和党参议员米奇·麦康奈尔成为新国会的共和党领袖。 在周二的选举中，共和党赢得了参议院的控制权。麦康奈尔将继续留在参议院，他于二月份宣布将辞去领袖一职。 斯科特正在与南达科他州共和党参议员约翰·图恩和德克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·科宁竞争多数党领袖的职位。参议院共和党成员定于周三举行秘密投票，以决定获胜者。 图恩和科宁此前曾与特朗普发生过冲突，但他们承诺，如果当选领袖，将与特朗普密切合作。 特朗普的许多支持者并不相信这两位参议员的承诺。 “里克·斯科特将担任参议院多数党领袖！”马斯克周日在 X 上发帖，并转发了斯科特的承诺，即“尽一切努力”让特朗普的提名“尽快”在参议院通过，允许候任总统休会期间任命。 此前，特朗普表示，下一任参议院共和党领袖“必须同意休会期间任命（在参议院！），否则我们将无法及时确认人选。” 周六，卡尔森在 X 上表示，“麦康奈尔通过提前举行参议院领导人选举，策划了一场反对他（特朗普）议程的政变。三位候选人中有两位讨厌特朗普和他的竞选纲领。” 卡尔森补充说：“佛罗里达州的斯科特是唯一同意唐纳德·特朗普的候选人。给你的参议员打电话，要求他公开支持里克·斯科特。别再让麦康奈尔逍遥法外了。”
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